Rumors on Chiefs and Riggins Highlight 70s Football Talk
Sport talk bounces between Hank Stram experimenting with Jan Stenerud field goals and John Riggins potentially moving to Kansas City for a large 1973 contract. Weighs Jets stalemate with Weeb Ewbank, Kansas State football turnover, Vince Gibson’s rebuild, and Pepper Rodgers vs John McKay UCLA USC rivalries. Also notes Kansas high school uniforms and the Greater Kansas Sports Booster Association funding shifts.
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Hank Stram
Jan Stenerud
Chiefs
Heaven
John Riggins
Kansas
Centralia
New York Jets
Big Rig
Lawrence High
Lion
Greater Kansas Sports Booster Assn
GKSBA
Major Standings And Results From A Busy Baseball Week
Standings show Baltimore leading with 76 wins and 58 losses while Detroit sits at 72 58 and New York at 68 58. Latest games include Kansas City 3 Cleveland 2 and Detroit 9 Minnesota 5 with Boston 6 Oakland 4 and California 5 New York 0. Friday schedule lists matchups across the league with several postponements noted.
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Baltimore
Boston
Detroit
New York
Milwaukee
Cleveland
Oakland
Kanaan City
California
Chicago
Minnesota
Texas
Kansas City
Perry
Coleman
Cturtin
Staylon Felt
Petrol
Chitland
Nexus
Montreal
As Angeles
San Diego
Atlanta
Chhelmath i
Pittsburgh
Houston
St. Louis
Renko
Philadelphia
Gariton
Senver
St Louis
iGehard
Los Angeles
Cineionath
Sandrewo
San Franciaco
Busbys Quick Move Helps Royals Edge Indians 3-2
Kansas City’s Steve Busby earned the win over Cleveland in a 3-2 game aided by a fourth pickoff that frustrated Rusty Torres. Doug Bird secured his 13th save as Kansas City snapped a four-game skid with timely errors and key runs.
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Cleveland
Jack McKeon
Kansas City Royals
Rusty Torres
Steve Busby
Torres
Royals
Indians
Busby
Doug Bird
Kansas City
Walter Williams
Williams
Jack Brohamer
Frank Duffy
Buddy Bell
McKeon
Bird
Kurt Bevacqua
Chris Chambliss
Tidrow
Bevacqua
Amos Otis
Gail Hopkins
Lou Piniella
Brohamer
Fred Patek
Piniella
Bell
Chambliss
Bernhardt Waived by Jets After Steelers Trade
Roger Bernhardt former Kansas guard 6 4 250 from Lyons New York placed on waivers by the New York Jets Wednesday and was not claimed drafted by the Pittsburgh Steelers after starting for Kansas in 1972 and later traded to the Jets
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New York
Roger Bernhardt
Kansas University
New York Jet
Bernhardt
Lyons
N.Y
Pittsburgh Steelers
Kansas
Jets
Inches adage tested as Mets? Actually Angels Yankees game
In Anaheim, Thurman Munson lofted a fly ball mishandled by Sandy Alomar and Rudy Meoli, ruled a hit, aiding Nolan Ryan’s 5-0 no-lose night. Meoli lamented nearly catching it, while Ryan shrugged off the lapse in a third no-hitter season. Other AL results: Orioles 6 Rangers 1, Royals 3 Indians 2, Brewers 9 White Sox 0, Red Sox 6 Athletics 4, Tigers 9 Twins 5.
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California Angels
New York Yankees
New York
Thurman Munson
Angels
Sandy Alomar
Rudy Meoli
Anaheim Stadium
Nolan Ryan
Ryan
Meoli
Baltimore Orioles
Texas Rangers
Kansas City Royals
Clevland Indians
Milwaukee Brewers
Chicago White Sox
Boston Red Sox
Oakland A
Detroit Tigers
Minnesota Twins
Yank Durham dies after stroke at 52
Yancey Yank Durham boxing manager for Joe Frazier Bob Foster and Willie Monroe died this morning at Temple University Hospital after suffering a stroke on August 28 He was 52 and had been in a coma since then Durham began training and managing boxers in police athletic league gyms and worked long years as a welder for Pennsylvania Railroad later Penn Central.
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Philadelphia
Yancey
Yank” Durham
Durham
Joe Frazier
Bob Foster
Willie “the Worm
Monroe
Frazier
Temple University Hospital
Police Athletic League
Pennsylvania Railroad
Penn Central
Open heats rage as Billie Jean King opens U S Open
Heat hangs over Forest Hills as Billie Jean King opens the women’s U S Open against Peggy Michel. Men face tougher five-set matches while heat limits and fatigue affect players like Pancho Gonzales and Arthur Ashe as seeds advance.
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Forest Hills
N.Y
Billie Jean King
Peggy Michel
Los Angeles
West Side
Nastase
Romania
Stan Smith
Arthur Ashe
Golf Criticism Loosens in Heat at U S Amateur
In Toledo AP reports amid a heat wave and slow play controversy at the Inverness Club the 73rd National Amateur features 64 survivors in the third round. Defending champion Marvin Giles III criticizes the USGA as British players echo frustration over pace of play and course difficulty.
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Toledo, Ohio
Marvin “Vinny” Giles III
U.S. Golf Association
Inverness Club
Giles
Mickey van Gerbig
North Palm Beach
Fla
USGA
Hugh Stuart
Scotland
America
Stuart
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Weeb Ewbank
Weeb
Big John
John
Ft. Knox
Kansas State
KSU
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Vince
KSA
Wildcats
AC Ernie Barrett
Gibson
Lynn Dickey
Lynn
Pepper Rodgers
UCLA
John McKay
Southern Cal
Rodgers
USC
U.S
Pepper
McKay
Bruins
L. Pet
St. Louls
West
Cincinnati
San Francisco
Dari
Haz
Executive Answering Service
KC Royals
Ann Wells
Athens
Georgia University
Georgia
Vince Dooley
Dooley
Yank Durham
New Jersey
Francis
Sporting Goode
Massachusetts
LHS
Nelson
Chuck Taylor
Columbia
Pancho Gonzales
Gonzales
Tom Okker
William J.G. Milne
Peter Jacobsen
Portland
Ore
Milne
P.J. Boatwright
Boatwright
Clouds cGnomonine
Jrane
Lawrence Jaycee
Gibson’s Discount Center
Jaycee
Douglas County Council
Firestone
Firestone Ceaters
Firesto
PM Il
Piast Ligt Pert Bk Toad Tettes
Parker
Firestone Transport
Firestone Store
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